The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce decided in favor of Moldova in the dispute with the firms Evrobalt and Kompozit. The claimants are to pay Moldova almost €1 million, including court costs. The announcement was made by the secretary general of the Ministry of Justice Anatolie Munteanu in the weekly press briefing at the Ministry, IPN reports.

According to Anatolie Munteanu, at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Moldova was represented by the law firm “Gurian and partners” and an international company of experts.

At the start of August, the Government decided to pay over €190,000 honorariums to the law firms that will represent the state in the lawsuit filed against the Republic of Moldova.

The suit was filed by the firms Evrobalt and Kompozit, which claimed that they made an investment in a bank in Chisinau. The National Bank of Moldova established that the firms acted concertedly with other shareholders and obliged the shareholders to sell their shares.